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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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